Harness-saddle



N1 m mu S S N m H a d O M o w No. 457,613. Patented Aug. 11, 1891.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION MONROE GREEN, OF LYNCHBURG, TENNESSEE.

HARNESS -SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,613, dated August11, 1891.

Application filed January 10, 1891. Serial No. 377,347. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION IVIONROE GREEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lynchburg, in the county of Moore and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HarnessSaddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in harness-saddles, havingfor its object, among other things, principally to prevent the saddlefrom rubbing and irritating the back of the horse or animal, the sectionor part carrying the driving rein or line rings or terrets and thecheckrein-hook being permitted to accommodate itself to the drawingaction of the lines or reins without aifecting the position of thesection or part of the saddle-tree directly in contact with the animalsback, and, as a further object, to render the terret andcheckrein-oarrying section or part of the saddle reversible; and tothese ends the invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts, as hereinafter disclosed in the descriptionproper, drawings, and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of myimproved saddle. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isan enlarged detailed sectional view, partly in side view thereof; andFig. 4 is a plan view of the pad. 7

In the embodiment of my invention I construct the saddle A in threesections or parts A A A the pad-sections A A having the end loops andpivoted tongues a for the connection therewith of the girth-strap andconnected together by the central or bridge sec ion A, carrying thedriving rein or line rings or terrets a and the checkrein or water hookI), and also having at its front and rear sides loops 0. The connectionbetween the bridge or central section A and the padseot-ions A isefiected by means of the screwthreaded shanks a of the rings or terretsa passing through said bridge-section and enupon springs e, set intosockets or cavities f in the said pad-sections, said blocks or nutshaving pivoting-studs cl engaging recesses or grooves d in the sidewalls of said sockets and suitably held therein against displacement-as,for instance, by plates (Z as best shown in Fig. 3. From thisarrangement it will be seen that the bridge-section can rock back andforth or have independent movement of the pads directly in contact withthe horses back, and thus yield or accommodate itself to the drawingaction of the check and driving reins or lines without affecting theposition of the pad-sections, thus preventing the latter from rubbingand irritating the back of the animal.

Held by the screw-threaded shanks of the terrets or rings ct between thepad-sections A and the upper surfaces of the blocks or nuts cl are stiffplate-springs g, bearing at their outer ends upon the pad-sections topre vent lateral or endwise displacement of the bridge-section and yetpermit of the forward and backward rocking motion of the latter.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A harness-saddle comprising the checkhook section and the padsattached thereto by the screw-shanks of the terret-s, said terret-shanksbeing spring-seated in the pads and held therein by pintled nuts,substantially as described.

2. A harness-saddle comprising the checkhook section and the padsattached thereto by the screw-shanks of the terrets entering nutsspring-seated in said pads, said nuts having pintles or lugs working ingrooves in the pads and held against displacement by plates,substantially as described.

3. In a saddle, the combination, with the pad-sections having thepivoted blocks or nuts cushioned upon springs let into sockets in saidpad-sections, of the bridge-section having its terrets or rings providedwith screwthreaded shanks engaging said pivoted blocks or nuts,substantially as specified.

4. In a saddle, the combination, with the pad-sections having theirterrets or rings progaging blocks or nuts d, seated or cushioned videdwith screw-threaded shanks adapted to engage pivoted blocks or nuts letinto sockets In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in in saidpad-sections and cushioned upon presence of two witnesses. springs, ofthe stiff plate springs held by said shanks between said pad-sectionsand MARION MONROE GREEN 5 blocks or nuts and bearing at their outer\Vitnesses:

ends upon said pad-sections, substantially as J. T. BICKLEY,

set forth. B. F. WOMACK.

